Multiple-year assessment of phenological plasticity within a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stand in southern Germany

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 211-212, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-22

  Capdevielle Vargas, Renée ^a   Estrella, Nicole ^a   Menzel, Annette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fagus sylvatica; Fisheye; LAI; Leaf coloring; Leaf unfolding; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

GERMANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84930224790     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.03.019     Document Type: Article

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